Liver-cutting board.



No. 844,529. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907. J. MEYBRS.

LIVER CUTTING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. 199 8.

152;- Z 6*WW "Q, a J L a A? 0 LIVER-CUTTING iBOl-ii-(Dv Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, l'?' Application fill. Flcptondier 2B, 1966 Serial No. 836,6 HI.

lie it known that l, Jouu Marlins, a vilizeil. of the United Stains of America, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the State of Penusylvauia, have iuvenied certain new and useful ln'iproveincnis in Liver-Cutting Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My improven'icnt relates to a liver-cutting board, fOlll'lGd of Wood or analogous substance, upon which livers can be placed, readily carried from place to place, and out while the board is rested upon. a counter or Within an ice-box or partly withdrawn therefrom.

One object of my invention is to provide a liver-cutting board with a flat imperforale smooth surface, so that the livers placed thereon will stay in a level position and at the same time not be liable to sag down at any part.

Another object of my invention is to provide a liver-cutting board with a flat imperforaie smooth surface having a gutter therearound for receiving and retaining the blood which oozes and runs from the livers during the cutting operation.

Another object of my invention is to provide a liver-cutting, board with a flat im. perforate smooth surface having a gutter provided. with a gradually-sloping bottom extending from a central part at one end of the board outward toward both of the sides, along the sides, and from the sides inward toward the central part at the other end of the board for causing the blood to flow to and accumulate at one end of the board.

Another object of my invention is to provide a liver-cutting, board with a flat imperforate smooth surface having a gutter therearound forming parallel sides, a converging inner end, and a diverging outer end to the said surface, so that the blood may pass more quickly to the vicinity of an outletopening.

Another object of my invention is to provide a livcr-cutting board with a flat imperforate smooth surface having a gutter therearound sloping toward one end and a normally closed outlet-opening at the lowest part of the gutter through which the blood is discharged, the said outlet-opening being closed by a removable plug having a handle or knob located. above the surface of the board.

Another object of my invention is to provide a liver-cuttiug board. with moxie: for supporting it out of coolant with ilu: surface of the eouuier or shelf upon which it is resied, and also so as to enable ii. i i he re :l ily grasped and carried lrmu p ace i pin. ,0.

With these and other ohjocis ii. ew to enluiuee the va ue; of such a board my im provemcnis consist in. the novel features of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, 1 will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying draw-- ings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved liver-cutting board. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the board.

In carrying out my invention I construct my liver-cutting board 1 out of a rectangular piece of suitable material, such as wood or analogous substance haviiig the consistency of Wood, in the form shown in the drawings. in which 2 is a list l1l'i]')1f0l'fll suooth out ting-surface, as shown in Fig. 1, of irregular hexagonal shape, upon which the livers to be out are placed, and formed with parallel sides 3, converging inner end 4, and diverging outer end 5.

6 is a gutter for carrying oil the blood oozing or running from the livers, extending around the cutting-surface and conforming in shape to the latter. This gutter has a radually-outwardlysloping bottom 7, as lndicated in dotted lines in 1* ig. 2, extending from the inner end of the gutter to the outer end thereof, where the gutter is connected with an endwisc-inclined tapering outletopening 8, formed in the bottom of the cutting-board 1 for directing the flow from the gutter slantingly.

9 is a tapering plug fitting in and closing the taperin outlet-opening 8 and provided with a knob or rounded handle 10, located in a convenient position above the cuttingsurface 2 of the board 1.

For the purpose of bracing and. also for supporting the board out of contact with a counter or shelf upon which the board may be placed I provide a air of transverse battens 11, having bevele edges 11 and rigidly secured to the bottom of the board by wood-- screws 12. The board is therefore supported at such a distance above the object upon which it is rested as to enable it to be readily end eonvel'iiently grasped and carried with the livers thereon to the desired place for cuttine at the will of the user.

Having thus deserihed my invention, the following what I elaiim as new therein and desire to seeure by Letters Patent:

1. A liverwntting heard constructed with it gutter in its surfnee having it graduallyslrnaine bottom extending from the central part of one end of the board convergingly across said end, alone the sides to the other end of the hoz'trd, and diveirgingly across the letter to the center of the board and an outlet-opening at the lowest part of the gutter.

2. A liver-cutting hoard eonstrueted with a gutter in its surface having it graduallysloping bottom extending from the central part of one end of the board across said end, along the sides to the other end of the hoard, and across the latter to the eentral part of the hoard, an outlet-opening at the lowest part of the gutter, and means [or supporting the board out of eontaet with the surl'zu'e upon WlllCl'l it is rested.

In testimoi'ly whereof I have here signed my name to this speeilieaition in the presence of two suhserihing Witnesses.

JOHN MEYERS.

Witnesses:

LOUIS Boss, W lLBUR ALnIon. 

